Rev Linda Henson

Why were Christians the ones that judged him the quickest?

Shia LaBeouf sat in an interview and told a man to shut up and listen. Not because he was being arrogant. Because that’s actually what prayer is.

Stillness.

Silence.

Getting your ego out of the way long enough to hear something that isn’t you.

He described the voice of God as loving guidance. Like a coach. Like someone who sees you clearly and still speaks life over you. And when the interviewer heard his grandfather’s voice calling him what he used to call him… Shia interpreted it. You’re good. They got you.

That’s it. That’s the gospel in a moment.

And Christians were in the comments picking apart his language. Mad about the cussing. Questioning if it was even real. Acting like God can’t show up in an interview on a couch with someone who doesn’t have the vocabulary yet.

The woman with the issue of blood didn’t have the right words either. She just reached.

The church has a long history of being the most uncomfortable with the people Jesus would have pulled up a chair for. Shia wasn’t performing theology. He was just honest…

And somehow that made people more uncomfortable than comfortable.

Adam Tyler